Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1900s.
Verso: chalk inscription 'Mrs. Wallace'...whether this is the sitter, owner, or both is not known.
This is a fine quality Edwardian swagger portrait typical of Society portraiture of the time.
..but this is not a stilted or stiff portrait. The sitter has humour in her face, her pose is relaxed and confident as she turns in her chair to face us; and Riviere's bravura brush work - a real enjoyment in the use of the medium - gives an informal and intimate feel to the portrait.
HUGH GOLDWIN RIVIERE RP (1869-1956) was born in Bromley and was the son of the artist Briton Riviere. He was educated at St. Andrews University and then studied at the Royal Academy Schools.
He established a successful society portrait practice.
He exhibited 90 paintings at the Royal Academy,1 at the Royal Hibernian Academy, 24 at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and many others; he was elected to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1900.
Riviere worked and lived in Paris and London and later in Midhurst, Sussex.
His work can be seen in the National Portrait Gallery, London; in total there are 69 of his portraits in public collections.
SIZE:60.25 x 50 inches inc. frame.
PROVENANCE: Private Collection, Midlands.
Roy Precious - Antiques & Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1900s.
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Portrait of a Lady, 1903 by Hugh Goldwin Riviere Rp.
